Governance
Governance comprises all of the processes of governing – whether undertaken by the government of a state, by a market, or by a network – over a social system (family, tribe, formal or informal organization, a territory or across territories) and whether through the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society. It relates to "the processes of interaction and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and institutions". In lay terms, it could be described as the political processes that exist in and between formal …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience. It opened up new possibilities of living at a remove from the …
the establishment of effec- tive metropolitan governance. The aforementioned two-volume history of London …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
the contexts in which it emerged, exposing uncomfortable truths about a fragmented society and governance problems that predated the threat. …
Emergency Response, Economic Support, and Governance 101 5 Behaviour Modification 1: The Public’s … The MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance (mi) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova … significantly on the social science of risk and risk-governance literature. The role of institutions figures … literature on the social science of risk and risk governance, as well as academic and profes- sional opinions … University’s MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance (mi), of which all the authors of this book were …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English
“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …
their traditional teachings, medicines, and governance, to be “free as by the past for their hunting … Anishinaabeg never surrendered their right of self-governance nor the Inherent Rights they were born with …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 October 2024 English
This policy brief argues that Canada's proposed oil and gas emissions cap is needed but cautions that some of the proposed compliance flexibilities may—instead of making the cap easier to …
in future (the problem of permanence), and a governance structure to ensure that those rules are followed … negotiations on Article 6.2 do not produce such rules or governance, arguing instead for “flexibility.” And under …
Fraser Institute · 22 October 2024 English
Several past analyses published by the Fraser Institute have shown that in recent years net job creation in the government sector has dramatically outstripped private-sector job creation. This publication updates …
University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance. Prior to join- ing the Fraser Institute, Mr …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 21 October 2024 English
While IISD's reputation as a convenor, a trusted thought leader, and a go-to source on key issues within the sustainable development field is stronger than ever, the work happening outside …
Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the consolidated financial statements Management … alternative but to do so. Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing IISD’s financial … presentation. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 21 October 2024 English
While IISD's reputation as a convenor, a trusted thought leader, and a go-to source on key issues within the sustainable development field is stronger than ever, the work happening outside …
for several positive trends within investment governance, including the development of the innovative … Swiss Ambassador (ret.), Lecturer in Global Governance and Diplomacy Eric Campbell (Canada) Executive … College in multilateral diplomacy and global governance Musonda Mumba (Zambia/ Switzerland) Secretary-General …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English
Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.
McLaren and Rogelio Velez Mendoza 4 Public Health Governance: A Journey of Expansion and Tension Lindsay … development in a province in its early stages of governance, Bow pointed out in 1935 that unequal access … having existing institutional (e.g., legal and governance) structures.38 Its primary disadvantage — and … with significant changes to health care system governance in the 1990s (health care regionalization) and … populations. Chapter 4 focuses on public health governance; it provides a his- torical overview of legislative …
Fraser Institute · 18 October 2024 English
The ESG acronym stands for a range of environmental, social, and governance initiatives that critics of shareholder capitalism suggest public companies should voluntarily implement to improve the well-being …
Adopting a Stakeholder Model Undermine Corporate Governance? 143 Steven Globerman 15. ESG Disclosures and … should be willing to openly defend the shareholder governance model. At the same time, if shareholders are … com- panies to put environmental, social, and governance concerns ahead of profit-maximization (and maximizing … that business should operate within the social governance structure. However, his main point was that in … following the shareholder capitalist corporate governance model. Setting the rules Arguably, the overarching …
CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 16 October 2024 English
As the Government of Alberta studies how to structure funding for independent schools in Alberta’s School Construction Accelerator Program, this brief outlines several considerations for the program’s design
otherwise-independent sector would complicate governance now and in the future, particularly for school …